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US$90,300-116,100
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XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Pine and Cranes
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
110 x 27.7 cm. (43 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Inscribed ans signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Menggui
Dated gengwu year (1930)
One collector's seal
Pine and Cranes
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
110 x 27.7 cm. (43 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Inscribed ans signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Menggui
Dated gengwu year (1930)
One collector's seal
Provenance
Gu Feng Ge Collection including important paintings by Xu Beihong owned by Huang Manshi and Haung Menggui
Literature
Huang Shufen (ed.), Huang Manshi Jinian Wenji (Articles Selected in Memory of Mr. Huang Manshi), Nanyang Xuehui, Singapore, 1976, p.81. Huang Meiyi, "Xu Huang Er Jia - Ji Xu Beihong he Huang Menggui Huang Mengshi de Xiongdi Youyi" (The friendship between Xu Beihong and the Family), Dacheng, S. 119, Hong Kong September 1983, p. 8.